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Molière The Bourgeois Gentleman
Adapted and directed by Pat Zajac
AD: Ashley Barlow Cast: Stephen Corrall, Pat Zajac, Mikołaj Figiel, Ashley Barlow, Suzanne Senior/Robert Litwin, Adam Barnett, Karolina Oleskiewicz/Sandrine Urquhart, Monika Klisch Music: Vitamin String Quartet, Kevin MacLeod Costumes: Pat Zajac /Mr B. Atelier/ Lidia Bardzińska
About the show:
MOLIERE’S GARDEN PARTY
Hilarious adaptation of well-known Moliere’s comedy The Bourgeois Gentleman centres around the foolish notions of some French tradesman who desperately tries to become a proper gentleman and move within the higher circles of society. Silly and ignorant Monsieur Jourdain aspires to climb the social ladder by buying his way into aristocracy unaware that everyone around ridicule and cheat him out of everything they can. As genuine as naive in his unflagging attempts Monsieur Jourdain goes against the odds and puts at risk everything including his good name and marriage. Shame, financial ruin, and even a scandalous love affair seems like not a big price for becoming a dream man of quality. Behind the obvious satire to an idea of social climbing which is a glimpse of seventeenth century France, Moliere’s Garden party sets up up-to-date question about one’s identity, importance of feeling comfortable in own skin and how far we can go to achieve them. Lots of fun guaranteed!
Premiere: 11th June 2023, StagEHd Edinburgh’s Theatre Festival, Ross Bandstand Princess St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
*The show was also performed in The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Glasgow
Photos: Barbara Eva Photography, Mariusz Perkowski, Mr B.Atelier, Angelina Storozhenko, Jax MacKenzie